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March 5, 2008 at 4:30 PM #165007March 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM #164602
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ParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I totally agree with you that the GT-R is blowing away all competition in the price range at the moment. Here’s the GT-R beating the GT3 and embarrassing the M3.
Part 1
Part 2I actually love the Bangle-ized BMW. Looks much more edgy than the boring old BMW, but that’s just me.
March 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM #164915ParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I totally agree with you that the GT-R is blowing away all competition in the price range at the moment. Here’s the GT-R beating the GT3 and embarrassing the M3.
Part 1
Part 2I actually love the Bangle-ized BMW. Looks much more edgy than the boring old BMW, but that’s just me.
March 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM #164924ParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I totally agree with you that the GT-R is blowing away all competition in the price range at the moment. Here’s the GT-R beating the GT3 and embarrassing the M3.
Part 1
Part 2I actually love the Bangle-ized BMW. Looks much more edgy than the boring old BMW, but that’s just me.
March 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM #164931ParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I totally agree with you that the GT-R is blowing away all competition in the price range at the moment. Here’s the GT-R beating the GT3 and embarrassing the M3.
Part 1
Part 2I actually love the Bangle-ized BMW. Looks much more edgy than the boring old BMW, but that’s just me.
March 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM #165017ParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I totally agree with you that the GT-R is blowing away all competition in the price range at the moment. Here’s the GT-R beating the GT3 and embarrassing the M3.
Part 1
Part 2I actually love the Bangle-ized BMW. Looks much more edgy than the boring old BMW, but that’s just me.
March 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM #164607CMcG
ParticipantArghh! Car talk! 🙂
Just for the record, I have a crappy Saab. Do not buy a Saab.
What I am surprised about is that Realtors (R) are out “farming” again. Isn’t that the correct term when they’re actually going door to door? I remember when I was a kid this one Realtor (R) always brought a pumpkin, mini Christmas tree or whatnot along with her card year after year. My parents still have her card on the refrigerator. If she’s still alive and kickin’ when they’re gone I’ll give her a call just to reward her for her tenacity.
No agent has come to my door since I moved in here, at least, not while I’ve been home. I have noticed, like I’m sure everyone here has, that we are no longer getting glossy four-color postcards of houses that have just sold/just been listed in the neighborhood. Just thin, blue, lightweight cards with black and white pics and more than one property.
March 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM #164920ParticipantArghh! Car talk! 🙂
Just for the record, I have a crappy Saab. Do not buy a Saab.
What I am surprised about is that Realtors (R) are out “farming” again. Isn’t that the correct term when they’re actually going door to door? I remember when I was a kid this one Realtor (R) always brought a pumpkin, mini Christmas tree or whatnot along with her card year after year. My parents still have her card on the refrigerator. If she’s still alive and kickin’ when they’re gone I’ll give her a call just to reward her for her tenacity.
No agent has come to my door since I moved in here, at least, not while I’ve been home. I have noticed, like I’m sure everyone here has, that we are no longer getting glossy four-color postcards of houses that have just sold/just been listed in the neighborhood. Just thin, blue, lightweight cards with black and white pics and more than one property.
March 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM #164929ParticipantArghh! Car talk! 🙂
Just for the record, I have a crappy Saab. Do not buy a Saab.
What I am surprised about is that Realtors (R) are out “farming” again. Isn’t that the correct term when they’re actually going door to door? I remember when I was a kid this one Realtor (R) always brought a pumpkin, mini Christmas tree or whatnot along with her card year after year. My parents still have her card on the refrigerator. If she’s still alive and kickin’ when they’re gone I’ll give her a call just to reward her for her tenacity.
No agent has come to my door since I moved in here, at least, not while I’ve been home. I have noticed, like I’m sure everyone here has, that we are no longer getting glossy four-color postcards of houses that have just sold/just been listed in the neighborhood. Just thin, blue, lightweight cards with black and white pics and more than one property.
March 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM #164936ParticipantArghh! Car talk! 🙂
Just for the record, I have a crappy Saab. Do not buy a Saab.
What I am surprised about is that Realtors (R) are out “farming” again. Isn’t that the correct term when they’re actually going door to door? I remember when I was a kid this one Realtor (R) always brought a pumpkin, mini Christmas tree or whatnot along with her card year after year. My parents still have her card on the refrigerator. If she’s still alive and kickin’ when they’re gone I’ll give her a call just to reward her for her tenacity.
No agent has come to my door since I moved in here, at least, not while I’ve been home. I have noticed, like I’m sure everyone here has, that we are no longer getting glossy four-color postcards of houses that have just sold/just been listed in the neighborhood. Just thin, blue, lightweight cards with black and white pics and more than one property.
March 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM #165022ParticipantArghh! Car talk! 🙂
Just for the record, I have a crappy Saab. Do not buy a Saab.
What I am surprised about is that Realtors (R) are out “farming” again. Isn’t that the correct term when they’re actually going door to door? I remember when I was a kid this one Realtor (R) always brought a pumpkin, mini Christmas tree or whatnot along with her card year after year. My parents still have her card on the refrigerator. If she’s still alive and kickin’ when they’re gone I’ll give her a call just to reward her for her tenacity.
No agent has come to my door since I moved in here, at least, not while I’ve been home. I have noticed, like I’m sure everyone here has, that we are no longer getting glossy four-color postcards of houses that have just sold/just been listed in the neighborhood. Just thin, blue, lightweight cards with black and white pics and more than one property.
March 5, 2008 at 5:36 PM #164612CoronitaParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.
Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.
So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.
Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.
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—– Sour grapes for everyone!
March 5, 2008 at 5:36 PM #164925CoronitaParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.
Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.
So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.
Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
—– Sour grapes for everyone!
March 5, 2008 at 5:36 PM #164935CoronitaParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.
Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.
So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.
Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.
[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]
—– Sour grapes for everyone!
March 5, 2008 at 5:36 PM #164941CoronitaParticipantFLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.
I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.
Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.
So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.
Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.
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—– Sour grapes for everyone!
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